Klipspringer

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  • noun. A small agile African antelope (Oreotragus oreotragus) having a speckled coat and rounded ears with black markings.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A pygmyantelope of South Africa, Oreotragus saltatrix or Nanotragus oreotragus, inhabiting the rocky fastnesses of the Cape.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A small, graceful South African antelope (Nanotragus oreotragus), which, like the chamois, springs from one crag to another with great agility; -- called also kainsi.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A small antelope native to eastern and southern Africa having a dense, brown, speckled coat.
  • Word Usage
    "You might meet an occasional "klipspringer" (an antelope in habits and appearance somewhat like the chamois), a wandering troop of baboons, and now and then a herd of eland in the more grassy areas."
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